阿彌陀經疏 1.230

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經曰：「若有善男子、善女人，聞是經受持者，及聞諸佛名者，是諸善男子、善女人皆為一切諸佛共所護念，皆得不退轉於阿耨多羅三藐三菩提」，次釋第二釋也。若善男女等者，是所護人。聞是阿彌陀及聞上六方恒河沙諸佛者，是能護人也。是諸善男子、善女人皆為一切諸佛所護念者，正得護念也。如天親《般若論》云：說根熟菩薩為諸佛所護念，即防其外慢緣。即諸外惡不及、內心無苦念，即記其內德，蓋智慧以自成加外佛力以利物也。又經為起行之本，修以內資，佛則防行之緣，敬稱而為外護。故言由持是經及聞諸佛名故為所護念，由蒙護念令善男女聞是經者皆不退無上道心。《十住婆沙》云：若人能稱阿彌陀佛名一心念者，即亦得不退轉。

The sūtra says: 'If there are good men and good women who hear this sūtra and uphold it, or who hear the names of these buddhas, all these good men and good women will be protected and remembered by all the buddhas together, and they will all attain non-retrogression (avaivartika) from anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi.' Next, this is the second part of the commentary, the explanation. 'If there are good men...' refers to the persons being protected. Those who hear this Amitābha and hear the buddhas of the aforementioned six directions, [numerous as] the sands of the Ganges, are the protectors. 'All these good men and good women will be protected and remembered by all the buddhas' refers to their properly receiving this mindful protection. As Vasubandhu's Prajñā[-pāramitopadeśa-]śāstra says: to state that bodhisattvas whose faculties are mature are protected and remembered by the buddhas means that external conditions of arrogance are guarded against; that is, external evils do not reach them, their inner minds have no distressing thoughts, and their inner virtues are recorded. This is because their wisdom develops on its own and is augmented by the external power of the buddhas to benefit beings. Furthermore, the sūtra is the basis for initiating practice, which is cultivated to nourish the interior; while the buddhas are conditions that guard practice, reverently invoked to serve as external protection. Therefore, it says that by upholding this sūtra and hearing the names of these buddhas, one is protected and remembered; and by receiving this mindful protection, all good men and women who hear this sūtra will not regress from the mind of the supreme path. The Daśabhūmika-vibhāṣā says: If a person can recite Amitābha Buddha's name and single-mindedly remember him, they will likewise attain non-retrogression.